Re: [Linux-ima-devel] [PATCH 3/3] ima: use fs method to read integrity data

[Christoph H. <hc...@in...>]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:50:27PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> This is still wrong.
> 
> (a) there is no explanation for why we need that exclusive lock in the
> first place
> 
> Why should a read need exclusive access? You'd think shared is sufficient.
> But regardless, it needs *explanation*.

Shared is sufficient, and nothing in the patch (except for the
description) actually requires an exclusive lock.  It just happens that
ima holds it exclusive for other internal reasons.